封 fēng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 寸 — inch
- Made of
- 圭 jade tablet 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
封建
fēngjiàn
feudal; feudalistic
Characters in this word
建 jiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 廴 — to walk, to go
- Made of
- 廴 to walk, to go 聿 writing brush, pencil
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这部小说通过家族兴衰，揭露了封建礼教对个人命运的束缚。 Zhè bù xiǎoshuō tōngguò jiāzú xīngshuāi, jiēlù le fēngjiàn lǐjiào duì gèrén mìngyùn de shùfù. Through the rise and fall of a family, this novel exposes how feudal ethics constrained individual destiny.
- 这座古老的城堡是封建时代领主住过的地方。 Zhè zuò gǔlǎo de chéngbǎo shì fēngjiàn shídài lǐngzhǔ zhù guo de dìfang. This ancient castle is where feudal lords once lived.
- 奶奶总说那些封建旧思想早就该改了。 Nǎinai zǒng shuō nàxiē fēngjiàn jiù sīxiǎng zǎo jiù gāi gǎi le. Grandma always says those old feudal ideas should have been changed long ago.
Related words
- 封 fēng a measure word for letters
- 信封 xìnfēng envelope
- 封闭 fēngbì to close off
- 封 fēng to seal; to close off
- 封顶 fēngdǐng to top out; to set an upper limit
- 封面 fēngmiàn cover; front cover
- 封锁 fēngsuǒ to blockade; to seal off; to block
- 密封 mìfēng to seal; to make airtight
- 建 jiàn to build
- 建成 jiànchéng to finish building
- 建立 jiànlì to set up; to establish
- 建设 jiànshè to build; construction